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Mark Thomas User is Offline

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01/11/2008 8:46 AM
All, I tried a Kadee #5 and the amount of shim work seemed a bit excessive to me.....is there a coupler someone recommends for the MMI locomotives? I'm pulling Bachmann rolling stock and soon fingers crossed some AMS/Accucraft cars. Thoughts? -Mark

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01/21/2008 8:40 AM
Guys, Is this a first? Did I stump everyone with a simple "which coupler to use?" question....not likely. Then I can assume no one purchased an MMI locomotive? K-27, K-28 .....? I know someone has an answer out there.....ante up. -Mark

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01/22/2008 1:16 AM
Mark, I think Dwight Ennis has one (?) He may be able to help. I only have the BLI C-16s and a Bachman Freelance. Rod

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01/22/2008 7:13 AM
Rod, Thanks for the info. I've tried Kadee's in HO & 0n3 The HO Kadee's sit to high and I'd need longer screws (size unknown) to mount them lower. The On3 Kadee's have the longer screws but now I need to drill & tap the tender because the screw diameter is too big. Hopefully, Dwight can shed some light on the subject and get me pointed in the right direction. -Mark

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01/24/2008 11:12 AM
Mark, I have three of the On30 locomotives 2 k-27's and 1 k-28 all of them needed a pad built for the standard KD#5. I am still working out what I want to do with the front coulper, I dont't need this to double head them but it would be nice for switching. This one of those problems where the Locomotives were designed to O narrow gauge standards not On30 standards. It would have been nice if MMI would have included a spacer for the coupler for those of us that are using the HO standard on our On30. I went to my local hobby shop and bought longer 2-56 screws and some plastic and tapped the hole to 2-56. This way I can pull the KD #5's off and install standard On3 couplers on these locos in the future if I so choose. Andre

Mark Thomas User is Offline

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01/24/2008 3:44 PM
Andre, Thank you very mmuch for the information. Headed off to my local hobby shop for supplies. -Mark

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01/24/2008 7:30 PM
My I ask why you are using ho couplers. kd makes very nice on3 couplers that are to scale. the ho couples are way too small

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